2013 Alaska

Back in Fairbanks, I spent the day wandering around Creamer’s Field, a migratory bird refuge. I could hear whooping cranes […]

We had pretty good luck with the weather, considering it was September and we were north of the Arctic Circle.

On the first day, it took time to pack up our stuff and get the raft ready to go on

I met Ron and the two other people who were joining us. Dave (precise and focused, doctor from California who

In July, 1980, the family took a vacation in Alaska. I was 15, my brother was 11, my sister was

The next day, we packed up and checked out. Sheila dropped me off at my campsite at Savage River, and

The next day, Sheila did go on her flight-seeing tour (it was another clear day.) I went back to the

Our second day in Denali, we took a 12-hour bus tour all the way to the end of the road.

We left Glacier Bay and flew to Anchorage. The next day picked up a rental car, ran errands (the REI

The evening after the kayaking, Sheila and I wandered down to the beach. The tide was very, very low. One